The souring of a mega deal

By Anita Gabriel, The Star AN ignominous flop. That may sound harsh but it befits a deal that was trumpeted would create the most valuable Malaysian bank in South-East Asia, steered by the…

Fight against Interlok goes global

By B Nantha Kumar, FMT PETALING JAYA: After being mired in controversy, the Interlok novel issue is expected to go global, with a PKR leader declaring that he would be meeting an Indian and Canadian…

Police to act against rally-goers

 (The Star) - KUALA LUMPUR: Police have warned that they would take appropriate and necessary action including preventing and obstructing anyone from participating in the Bersih 2.0 rally planned…

Police thwart Bersih’s first roadshow

 By Boo Su-Lyn, The Malaysian Insider SHAH ALAM, June 25 — A Bersih 2.0 roadshow was cancelled last night after police mounted roadblocks here and arrested PKR Youth deputy chief Khairul…

KDM membership in Umno a moral surrender

 By Daniel John Jambun Datuk John Ambrose, the Umno head for Penampang, has claimed that the Umno KDM task force has been in existence from the very beginning of Umno in Sabah, initially led by Tan…

Funny Business in Hong Kong

By Sarawak Report MACC Investigators have a headache in store for them when they turn to Hong Kong, such is the tangled web of Taib family shareholdings.  However, delving into these business…

Saya sokong Dr Mahathir

Saya sokong Dr Mahathir, at least with regards to his statement that Muslims should project the correct perception of Islam to gain respect from the non-Muslims instead of shouting and screaming…

Sex, Lies and Videotape in Malaysia

Three who exposed Anwar video – if it was him – are  happy to plead guilty  Anwar's strategy may have backfired, since it allowed the three, who appeared in court Friday, to deliver what they said was…

Bersih denies it’s anti-govt

... if the government is for free and fair elections, says Haris Ibrahim in FMT RAW’s maiden broadcast “If the government is going to wake up to the need to clean up, and effect these reforms,…

Now what?

So what you and I -- the rational and intelligent bunch of Malaysians -- think is not important. We have already formed our opinions anyway and we know who to vote for in the next general…

Another day, another bogeyman raised

Don’t get me wrong. I love my country, and I have no wish to see it descend into Arab Spring-like chaos, but I think our politicians should give us a bit of credit too. Most of us are actually…

Don’t walk away from democracy

The Bersih spirit will live long enough to surface again with greater force when the whole country walks to the polls for democracy.It is unlikely that Bersih will light the fuse to blow up the…

Umno goes berserk with Bersih

If the Arabs had their defining moment in the form of the Arab Spring, Malaysians might well have their day of reckoning in our Summer of Change.The Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein and the…

Datuk T: ‘Mission accomplished’

 (The Malaysian Insider) - The “Datuk T” trio behind a sex video allegedly featuring Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim emerged victorious today despite their criminal convictions, declaring they had…

RM300m for 1km of rail line

By Patrick Lee, FMT PETALING JAYA: It costs more than RM300 million to build one kilometre of railway track here. In China, however, the cost is much lower – at less than RM15 million for the same…